Hey Everyone!
I can't believe I've reached Tuesday 26th August already!
Well, today was another day outside WDW - at Universal Islands of Adventure. We all had great fun here - getting soaked on water rides and getting burnt in the 97 degree heat!
Lunch was basic but satisfying - we did the whole burger/fries/nuggets thing at the Jurassic Park Burger Digs. Kept us going for the day! Also Sarah and I discovered the wonder of churros whilst waiting for Simon and Kate to come off various rollercoasters! Sorry - no photos!
But what you really want to hear about on this day is our last minute ADR at the Flying Fish, isn't it?
We had a bit of a wait, not too long, but the place seemed really busy. Soon we were seated, towards the back of the restaurant near a little alcove. Our server was Clifford - he was quite good. Very attentive and informative and just the teensiest bit camp. (I know - shocker!) He became even more attentive and quite touchy feely (to Simon) once we had paid the bill and he'd seen his tip. I guess he didn't hold out much hope of us being big spenders at the outset of the meal. What can I say? We're rough oiks from Yorkshire! Although we were in our finery this evening. He wasn't a bad server though, and certainly not 'super nice' like our GF waitress. I would describe him as 'smooth'. As well as camp. Lovely hair.
Anyhow, starters. Simon had the mussels which he adored. The girls and I shared the Artisan cheeses. I'd been dying to try a cheese board since we came to WDW and this did not disappoint. The portions of cheese were large and they all came with wonderful little accessories. Yummy! We all had different favourites. Of course we also had lovely sourdough bread and butter. Simon chose a lovely white wine called Conundrum. We just liked the name but it was delicious! I suspect the girls may have had sprite.
For main course, Simon and Kate both had the potato wrapped snapper:
They both thought it was amazing. I had a little try and I had to agree with them. It was great! But I wasn't envious because I was chowing down on the finest strip steak of my holiday:
Oh man! This was amazing! I can still taste that lovely crispyness on the outside of the steak. Fantastic! Seriously, seriously good steak. Now I have to say I had some qualms about steak at WDW as lots of people had said that it was a bit of a lottery how well you got your steak cooked. Well, without fail, every WDW steak I had was just how I liked it. Medium - slight tinge of pink, soft and succulent. And boy - this steak was perfect!
Sarah struggled slightly to find an entree - for the first time in the holiday. She's not a red meat or fish fan. She likes chicken and pasta but these dishes seemed to have spicy elements to them. She plumped for the pasta in the end and ate quite a bit, but I could tell it wasn't floating her boat.
Sweets - had to be done! Si had the sorbet:
This was described as a 'trio' of sorbet. Si could only count two on his plate but really enjoyed it anyway!
Can you guess who's dessert this is?
Yup. There goes Sarah with her 'artistic angles'. This was a panna cotta and she really enjoyed it.
Here is Kate, 'demonstrating' her blueberry tart:
Yes, it was that huge! Nearly as huge as my sweet:
Any dessert that has the words - 'peanut', 'butter', 'chocolate' and 'bread' in it must be mine. It was fantastic but enormous!
We were sooooo full after this meal! But very happy. This had been a wonderful experience with divine food. I was so pleased to have the opportunity to eat there. It was also the first time I'd eaten at a Boardwalk restaurant. Despite the initial busy atmosphere of the FF it soon quietened down and we weren't rushed at all. It was very relaxing, like so many of our other Disney dining adventures.
Coming up: Our last full day. Any food surprises?